CVE-2023-2066 Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin <= 3.6.0 - Missing Authorization Checks

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings and bulletins due to missing capability checks in the Bulletin WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-2066?

CVE-2023-2066 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in mikewire_rocksolid Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'bulletinwp_update_bulletin_status', 'bulletinwp_update_bulletin', 'bulletinwp_update_settings', 'bulletinwp_update_status', 'bulletinwp_export_bulletins', and 'bulletinwp_import_bulletins' functions functions in versions up to, and including, 3.6.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access, and above, to modify the plugin's settings, modify bulletins, create new bulletins, and more.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2066?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bulletin Announcement \& Notification Banner - Bulletin.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2066?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2066 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-2066 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2066 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4gjm-9g8f-35g5.

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